11 November 2006

Turkmen president spread his name, portrait and musings throughout countryAuthor: The Associated Press Date: December 21, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveA look at some of the notable initiatives of the late Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled Turkmenistan for two decades:-- Named himself Turkmenbashi, or "Father of all Turkmen." -- Also gave the name Turkmenbashi to a major Caspian port, the month of January, Central Asia's largest mosque, an amusement park, the country's highest mountain and a meteorite that landed on Turkmen territory.-- Banned opera and ballet, and started a...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Study: Samples of comet dust show a mix of materials from distant reaches of the solar systemAuthor: ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer Date: December 14, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveDetailed observations from the first comet samples returned to Earth are debunking some of science's long-held beliefs on how the icy, celestial bodies form.Scientists expected the minute grains retrieved from a comet Wild 2 to be made up mostly of interstellar dust -- tiny particles that flow through the solar system thought to be from ancient stars that exploded and died. Instead, they found an unusual mix of primordial material as if the solar system had turned itself...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Scientists find unusual meteorite in Kansas field using technology that might aid them on MarsAuthor: ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press Writer Date: October 17, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveScientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field, but what got them most electrified was the way they unearthed it.The team Monday uncovered the find 4 feet under a meteorite-strewn field using new ground-penetrating radar technology that someday might be used on Mars. It was that technology which pinpointed the site and proved for the first time that it could be used to find objects buried deep in the ground and to make an accurate...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Ten years later, few experts believe Mars meteorite contains traces of lifeAuthor: MATT CRENSON AP National Writer Date: August 5, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveIt was a science fiction fantasy come true: Ten years ago this summer, NASA announced the discovery of life on Mars.At a Washington, D.C., news conference, scientists showed magnified pictures of a four-pound Martian meteorite riddled with wormy blobs that looked like bacterial colonies. The researchers explained how they had pried numerous clues from the rock, all strongly supporting their contention that microscopic creatures once occupied its nooks and crannies. It was arguably the...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Discovery astronauts to look for dings in shuttle caused by space junkAuthor: SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Date: July 13, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveDiscovery's crew will check the shuttle's wing for damage from space junk or tiny meteorites in a first-of-its-kind procedure Friday, two days after a spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of a spatula that now circles Earth with other orbital trash.NASA said the spatula posed no risk to the crew, but it planned to use a 50-foot extension boom attached to the shuttle's robotic arm to look for damage from micrometeoroids, the dust-sized particles...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Large meteorite hits northern NorwayOSLO, Norway, June 9 (UPI) -- A large meteorite struck in northern Norway this week, landing with an impact an astronomer compared to the atomic bomb used at Hiroshima.

Meteor in Antarctica may have caused mass extinction 250 million years agoAuthor: MICHAEL CASEY AP Environmental Writer Date: June 8, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveA massive crater in Antarctica may have been caused by a meteor that wiped out more than 90 percent of the species on Earth 250 million years ago, a geologist said.The 300-mile-wide crater lies hidden more than a mile beneath a sheet of ice and was discovered by scientists using satellite data, Ohio State University geologist Ralph von Frese said Wednesday. Von Frese said the satellite data suggests the crater could date back about 250 million years to the time of the Permian-Triassic...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Australian fossils offer evidence of life from 3.4 billion years agoAuthor: SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Date: June 7, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveThe best evidence yet for the oldest life on Earth is found in odd-shaped, rock-like mounds in Australia that are actually fossils created by microbes 3.4 billion years ago, researchers report."It's an ancestor of life. If you think that all life arose on this one planet, perhaps this is where it started," said Abigail Allwood, a researcher at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology and lead author of the new study. It appears Thursday in the journal...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Soaring prices for meteorites as the space rocks penetrate art worldAuthor: PAT MILTON Associated Press Writer Date: April 12, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveA meteorite believed to have come from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter sold for $93,000 at an auction of rare space sculptures.The 355-pound chunk of iron, thousands of years old and discovered in the Campo del Cielo crater field in Argentina, was one of 10 meteorites that went for high prices at a Bonhams' New York natural history auction. The pristine meteorite, known as "Valley of the Sky," was purchased Tuesday by a private collector in...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

Lunar rocks suggest meteorite bombardmentCORVALLIS, Ore., April 12 (UPI) -- New studies indicate many of the lunar rocks returned by the Apollo space missions show signs of melting about 3.9 billion years ago.

Rare aesthetic meteorites set for auction blockAuthor: PAT MILTON Associated Press Writer Date: April 10, 2006 Publication: Associated Press ArchiveThe art world's interest in meteorites has skyrocketed, with collectors and curators buying up the outer-space rocks for display in museums, galleries or on a cocktail table at home.Meteorite hunters will get a chance to bid for some of the world's most coveted extraterrestrial rocks when they go on sale Tuesday at Bonhams' New York natural history auction. Among the highlights are a small slice of the 15.5-ton Williamette, the crown jewel of...Click here for complete article ($1.50)

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